Ep 154: Dismemberment and Remembering of the Masculine

In today's episode, I read the Grimm's fairy tale The Handless Maiden, also known as The Woman Without Hands.

I discuss the implications of psychological dismemberment and the process of remembering, especially concerning the new potentials of the creative masculine energy within.

This is a story about dismemberment as a result of the old masculine principle making deals with the devil. Yet that comes at a great cost; a father must chop the hands off of his daughter. This dismemberment catalyzes her painful, but beautiful journey of transformation. 

In this episode, I discuss how my fiancé was able to provide me with "silver hands" during a period of deep dismemberment in my life. I also discuss the process of pulling back those projections and learning to regrow a genuine connection to the inner masculine so that our own hands may grow back.

Here is a text version of the fairy tale: https://sites.pitt.edu/~dash/grimm031.html

As promised, here is a lecture on the fairytale by Jungian scholar Dr. Raina Manuel-Paris: https://youtu.be/7VKEiNXRuGw

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